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Tuesday, April 23, 2024
TopicRussia-Ukraine war

Topic: Russia-Ukraine war

Russia bombs hospital in northeastern Ukraine prompting evacuation, at least 4 injured

The first bomb hit the hospital at about 9:45 pm in the town of Velykyi Burluk and the second followed shortly, prompting evacuation of 38 people, said Kharkiv regional officer.

If Russia hit a NATO country, it will be ‘the beginning of Third World War’, says Zelenskyy

Pressing his case for support from nations like Germany & US, Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy also called out 'weakness' of the West in responding to invasion of Crimea in 2014.

Russia says 65 Ukrainian prisoners of war killed in plane crash, lawmaker claims Kyiv ‘shot it down’

Russian state media says the Ilyushin Il-76 military transport plane was shot down near Belgorod on Ukrainian border. Ukraine says it’s looking into claims the plane was carrying PoWs.

Russian plane crashes near Ukrainian border, RIA says it was carrying POWs

MOSCOW (Reuters) -A Russian Ilyushin Il-76 military transport plane crashed near the Ukrainian border on Wednesday, and state news agency RIA quoted the defence ministry as saying it was carrying 65

Russian plane that crashed near Ukraine border was carrying 65 POWs, says state-owned news outlet

Plane was carrying 74 people, including six crew and three guards when it crashed, RIA cited the defence ministry as saying. There was no immediate information on the cause.

Russia says it won’t discuss nuclear arms control with US as long as it backs Ukraine

Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that US had proposed separating the two issues & resuming talks between the two nations, which hold by far the world's biggest nuclear arsenals.

US defied own sanctions, imported Russian crude worth nearly $3.5-mn in Oct-Nov, claims report

Import made possible by licences granted by US treasury dept's Office of Foreign Assets Control, which is responsible for enforcing sanction, says Russian state-owned Sputnik Globe news.

Zelenskyy rules out ceasefire between Ukraine & Russia, says it would only benefit Moscow

Ukraine's President said any pause would risk allowing Russia to re-group and boost its supply of munitions, adding, 'we will not risk that'.

Two Russian missiles strike hit hotel in Ukraine’s Kharkiv, 11 injured, says regional governor

Oleksandr Filchakov, head of the Kharkiv prosecutor’s office, said in a video posted on Telegram, that 23 guests and eight staff were in the hotel when the missiles struck.

Pope Francis says ‘indiscriminately striking’ civilians is war crime in annual speech

Expressing concern that the war between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip could spread in the wider Middle East, he called for a 'ceasefire on every front, including Lebanon'.

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